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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did German teenagers in the Luftwaffe study for the flak brigade?
(a) From 2:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
(b) From 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
(c) From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
(d) From 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

2. Why did the girls in Panama avoid the officers from the battleship Arkansas?
(a) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers were prisoners.
(b) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers were married.
(c) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers had gonorrhea.
(d) The enlisted sailors took all the girls.

3. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?
(a) It went by without her notice.
(b) It was a terrifying nightmare.
(c) It was an exciting adventure.
(d) It was a good learning experience.

4. Why were the Japanese pleased when American officers chose their homes to occupy?
(a) It meant their homes were superior.
(b) It meant they would have plenty of food.
(c) It meant they would get rent payments.
(d) It meant they would receive reparations.

5. After the war, how did the community in Long Beach change, according to Sheril Cunning?
(a) People pulled together to rebuild.
(b) People were proud to sacrifice.
(c) People welcomed the returning soldiers.
(d) People were tired of sacrifice and began to complain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?

2. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?

3. What black market item was in demand among Russian troops in Vienna in 1945?

4. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?

5. What changes does Admiral Larocque believe WWII caused in American national consciousness?

(see the answer key)

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